The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his earlier comments on Nigeria’s commitment to a safer and healthier global climate for her citizens.
The President had mentioned that the measures and conditions to actualise this included the elimination of kerosene lighting by 2030, the sharp increase in use of buses for public transport and the total reduction in burning of crop residues.
He spoke on Friday during a virtual meeting which was hosted by United States President Joe Biden. The party was the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change (MEF).
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President Buhari also recalled that the updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which was submitted to replace the interim contribution of May 27, 2021 and he acknowledged that it covers the waste sector which would contribute to the reduction of Nigeria’s Greenhouse Gas emissions.
He confirmed that the government lowered the NDC from 45 percent to 47 percent conditionally, and 20 percent unconditionally below business-as-usual.
Buhari said Nigeria is also seeking to deliver 20 percent GreenHouse Gas emission reductions and enhanced removals equivalent to approximately 74.2 Metric tons of Carbon Dioxide by 2030.
The President further mentioned ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out Hydro-fluoro-carbon emissions.
He also said his administration approved Nigeria’s Sustainable Energy for All Action Agenda in 2016, which has a target of almost tripling generation capacity in the next decade, to reach a total of 30 Gigawatt by 2030. Thirty percent is expected to be generated from renewable resources, with almost half of this provided by medium and large hydro.
“The Clean Energy Transport Scheme in major Nigerian cities involves the introduction of compressed natural gas for buses in public transport.
“Nigeria is aware that its heavy dependence on fossil fuel makes the country vulnerable in a world that has a target to reduce or even eliminate fossil fuel”, he added.